Matthew 8:15 (GNV)

Passage

And he touched her hande, and the feuer left her: so she arose, and ministred vnto them.

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:13 Then Iesus saide vnto the Centurion, Goe thy way, and as thou hast beleeued, so be it vnto thee, And his seruant was healed the same houre.

Matthew 8:14 And when Iesus came to Peters house, he sawe his wiues mother layed downe, and sicke of a feuer.

Matthew 8:15 And he touched her hande, and the feuer left her: so she arose, and ministred vnto them.

Matthew 8:16 When the Euen was come, they brought vnto him many that were possessed with deuils: and he cast out the spirits with his worde, and healed all that were sicke,

Matthew 8:17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, He tooke our infirmities, and bare our sickenesses.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "touched", "hande", "feuer", "left", "arose", "ministred", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "touched" and "hande", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And when Iesus came to Peters house..." into verse 16's "When the Euen was come they brought...", so "touched" and "hande" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "touched" and "hande" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.